America's War on Sex

Separation of church and state, five simple words that the founding fathers of this country scribed into the essence of our constitution in efforts of protecting democracy; five simple words that nowadays, over 200 years later, seem to be analyzed, scrutinized, and put to the test daily. In the book “America’s War on Sex,” author Marty Klein does a remarkable job revealing just how America’s Religious Right groups make a mockery out of those five words when it comes to American’s sexuality and their sexual rights. The entire time I was reading this book I found myself constantly shaking my head in disbelief. I couldn’t believe how many of our government’s stands on issues of sexuality are more or less controlled by religious groups who believe every citizen should have to live by their ideas and beliefs on sex. The United States is a free country where everyone is allowed to have their own opinions but in terms of sex and sexuality it seems nowadays that’s only applicable if your opinions are the same as the religious rights. Our government has allowed itself to become backed and influence by religious groups that have their own agenda on sex. The worst part about this is that if someone takes tries to take a stand against it and vote for a change, one of the very basic aspects of democracy, they are seen as sinful sex-crazed perverts since our country has the wool pulled over its eyes on sexuality. Democracy is what our country was built on but what’s the point of it if only one side of an issue is federally funded, receiving tax money that everyone had to pay (except them!), and anyone on the other side is more or less publicly humiliated and unfairly judged just for their opinion. There is one part in the book where it talks about how it is perfectly legal for someone to own a gun in one of the southern states but it is…...

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